''Aphanamixis borneensis'' is a tree in the family

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, native to maritime Southeast Asia. The specific epithet ''borneensis'' refers to the species' presence in

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...

Description

''Aphanamixis borneensis'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is reddish. The twigs are greyish. The leaves are

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and measure up to long. The feature cream to pinkish flowers. The fruits are red to pink.

Distribution and habitat

''Aphanamixis borneensis'' is native to Borneo, the Philippines (

Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in t ...

) and the

Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located ...

. Its habitat is lowland, heath or hill forests, at elevations to .

References

borneensis Flora of Borneo Flora of Palawan Flora of the Maluku Islands Plants described in 1868 {{Meliaceae-stub